: Modified from "Locust olfactory network with GGN and full KC population in the mushroom body (Ray et al 2020)", #ModelDB 262670
: Graded synaptic transmission based on presynaptic depolarization
: This is after the model in Manor, et al., J. Neurosci., 1997
: and Papadopoulou, et al., Science, 2011
NEURON {
POINT_PROCESS GradedSyn
RANGE vpeer
RANGE esyn, g, i, vth, vslope, tau, sinf, weight
NONSPECIFIC_CURRENT i
}
UNITS {
(nA) = (nanoamp)
(mV) = (millivolt)
(uS) = (microsiemens)
}
PARAMETER {
esyn = 0 (mV) : Reversal potential
vslope = 5.0 (mV) : slope
vth = -50 (mV) : midpoint for sigmoid
tau = 4.0 (ms)
weight = 1.0 (uS)
}
ASSIGNED {
v (mV)
vpeer (mV) : presynaptic Vm
g (uS)
i (nA)
sinf
}
STATE {
s
}
BREAKPOINT {
SOLVE states METHOD cnexp
g = weight * s
i = g * (v - esyn)
}
INITIAL {
s = 0.0
}
DERIVATIVE states {
sinf = tanh((vpeer - vth) / vslope)
if (vpeer < vth) { sinf = 0.0 }
s' = (sinf - s) / ((1.0 - sinf) *tau)
}